I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Wei Renji took Wei Daibi out of Prince Ji's Mansion and got on the carriage. They wanted to go back to Wei Qu outside the city to report the matter to the clan.

"Uncle, Qinghe County is the headquarters of the Cui family in Qinghe, where they have the greatest influence. Does King Ji want us to go to Qinghe to deal with the Cui family?"

Wei Bai asked Wei Renji after getting into the carriage.

He has been silent since he entered Prince Ji's Mansion. The purpose of bringing him here this time was to let him gain experience and become familiar with Prince Ji.

Although Wei Daiji was many years older than King Ji, the master is his teacher, and Li Shen's achievements were great.

Li Shen has been in a high position for a long time. When talking to others, he shows his grace and generosity. He can talk and laugh with anyone.

These are all areas that Wei needs to learn from.

"Of course I know that is the Cui family's place, but this is the first time that King Ji has expressed goodwill to us.

We must seize this opportunity. King Ji is right. We do not have the ability to control the government, but we can choose to be a wealthy businessman in the world.

The Cui family is now weak, and we used to just sell tea, not to compete with them for anything. "Wei Renji looked at Wei Bai and said.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if we get it right, there may be other places to go.

Not long after they left, Wei Siyan and his wife also left with half a cart of silk brocade.

These are divided among the four families.

"Brother, this Prince Ji's Mansion must be too wealthy. These are high-quality brocades and silks, which are the envy of merchants from the Western Regions.

King Ji said he didn't want it, so he didn't want it. He couldn't be lying deliberately. "

"Are you talking big words? Are you talking to us? These are commodities to us, but in Prince Ji's Mansion they are inferior.

Look at what the maids in the inner courtyard were wearing just now. They were cloud gauze, silk pieces and cloud gauze.

This is the case for all the servants. Think about what the princess and the children of Prince Ji's Mansion are wearing. They are all tributes.

Alas~~~ It is said that King Ji lived a luxurious life, but I never expected that he would be so luxurious.

The eunuchs and maids in the inner palace are all better dressed than those from wealthy families like us. It’s really incomparable. "

"Brother, it's just that we can't bear to part with it. Now we can even afford to wear silk for the servants in the house." Wei Siqi said.

"Hmph, there are only about twenty servants in your house, while Prince Ji's house alone has hundreds of servants, and that doesn't include those in the front yard.

You only get a few hundred thousand guan a year, but you will spend more than 10,000 guan to make clothes for your servants? "

Wei Siyan snorted.

"No!" Wei Siqi shook his head.

"Let's go back to the house and let the third and fourth brothers choose first."

After they left, Li Shen asked Wang Xuance to be called.

"Xuan Ce, does Yingcheng County have any information about the county magistrate?" Even if he is recommended, Li Shen still needs to know what this person is like.

"I'll go look for you now." Wang Xuance responded, then went back to search.

Get some information quickly.

"Your Majesty, nothing major happened in Yingcheng County, which means that the county magistrate did not do any evil."

Wang Xuance looked at the information and said that it was impossible for them to investigate one official specifically, as they were all reporting on local matters.

If nothing happens, it means the county magistrate is okay.

"Well, that's fine. You write it. The king wants to recommend an official named Wei Siqian. You write like this..."

Li Shen dictated it, and Wang Xuance wrote it as a ghostwriter. He wrote a large piece of it eloquently, all praising Wei Siqian.

Finally, I wrote that this person is too upright and is not in harmony with the superiors. I hope your Majesty will make good use of it.

After finishing writing, Li Shen took out the prince's seal and stamped it, and ordered the stone to be given directly to Wang De.

Li Shen's memorials were never limited to three provinces, except for the government affairs handled by Wang Xuance alone.

The three provinces complained many times about this, but Li Shen simply ignored it.

The next day, Shitou took the opportunity of sending copper coins to deliver the letter to Wang De.

Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh after reading Li Shen's letter.

"Haha, Gao Ming, come and see, your tenth brother can't escape the secular world."

With that said, Li Shimin handed Li Shen's letter to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian also laughed after reading it,

"Aye, I think this is normal. After all, the imperial concubine and the Wei family are from the same origin. The tenth brother is so filial to the imperial concubine, so of course it is inseparable from this relationship.

It's just a matter of electing a county magistrate, which is harmless. "

This kind of nepotism is everywhere in the court. Isn't this the reason why Li Shimin issued an edict to prohibit marriage between aristocratic families?

Not to mention the Wei family, even the eldest grandson's family is the same.

"Well, you are right. This Wei Siqian is upright, so he offended people. Such people are actually good for the court.

Let's do this. You go and write a note and tell Gao Jifu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, that Wei Siqian be promoted to the supervisory censor.

This position suits him well. "

"Yes, Aye, and we'll do it later."

Li Shimin didn't regard Li Shen's recommendation as a big deal at all. For a prince to recommend a county magistrate, he was overqualified and overqualified. He could just tell the officials directly.

"By the way, has the money from Prince Ji's Mansion been shipped?" Li Shimin asked after picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea.

"Back to Your Majesty, I just went to see it, and the gold will be transported today. The gold has already been transported out of the palace by His Highness Prince Ji." Wang De reported.

"He is afraid that I will regret not giving him the gold. This traitor has been cautious since he was a child and is not willing to suffer any losses." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Aye, Lao Shi has suffered a lot from you." Li Chengqian reminded.

"Huh, I'm at a loss. This God of Wealth in our family has never suffered a loss. It seems that I have taken a lot of money from him over the years.

But you may not know that all this money should have been sent by his emotional petition. Otherwise, who could take the money out of his hands.

This traitor has little ideas and is afraid that he will be suspicious of me if he has too much money, so he is willing to give the money to me.

Just like the First Chamber of Commerce, if he had not sent it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, his family would have had tens of millions of money in the past two years.

When did the Tang Dynasty have such a rich man? The treasury collected only more than 10 million yuan a year.

So he was afraid and gave most of his wealth to me and the court. Even so, he can be said to be the richest person in the Tang Dynasty.

Unless the combined wealth of the big family can rival it, that is the entire family's financial resources.

Gao Ming, this is actually good. You can feel at ease, and so can he. Lao Shi is useful to the country, and I don’t want anything to happen to him.

Too much money will attract criticism from others, and officials from aristocratic families will not let him go. "

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian's serious explanation. Some things are not as simple as outsiders see.

Li Shen himself knew this truth very well. This was a feudal dynasty and an unreasonable place.

It is unclear how many people have died because of an unfounded crime. Those in power would choose to kill a thousand people instead of letting one go because they were prepared.

(Useless knowledge: Wei Siqian is indeed a person, and the story is true, but it was not King Ji who recommended him, but Gao Jifu who recommended him to be the censor.

Later, he impeached the prime minister and was retaliated against. )